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20090083202 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - A semiconductor storage device includes a storage part including a plurality of nonvolatile semiconductor memory cells each having a conductive path, a charge storage layer and a control gate electrode. The device further includes a plurality of first input terminals each connected to one end of the conductive path of each nonvolatile semiconductor memory cell, a plurality of second input terminals each connected to the control gate of each nonvolatile semiconductor memory cell, and an output end connected to the other ends of the conductive paths of the plurality of nonvolatile semiconductor memory cells, respectively. | 03-26-2009 |
20120299100 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes: an insulating film including: a first region extending in a first direction; second and third regions arranged at a distance from each other; and fourth and fifth regions each having a concave shape, the fourth and fifth regions each having a smaller film thickness than a film thickness of each of the first through third regions; a semiconductor layer formed in a direction from the fourth region toward the fifth region, the semiconductor layer having a smaller width than a width of each of source and drain regions, the semiconductor layer being connected to the source and drain regions; a gate electrode placed on the opposite side of a gate insulating film from the semiconductor layer on the first region; and a gate sidewall formed on a side face of the gate electrode. | 11-29-2012 |
20130299907 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes: an insulating film including: a first region extending in a first direction; second and third regions arranged at a distance from each other; | 11-14-2013 |
20140131811 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes: a first transistor having a first source region and a first drain region arranged in a first protruded semiconductor region, a first channel region having a first corner portion in its upper portion in a section perpendicular to a first direction, the first corner portion having a first radius of curvature; a second transistor having a second source region and a second drain region arranged in a second protruded semiconductor region, and a second channel region having a second corner portion in its upper portion in a section that is perpendicular to a second direction, the second corner portion having a second radius of curvature greater than the first radius of curvature. | 05-15-2014 |
20140138690 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: first and second semiconductor regions each having a protruded shape provided on a substrate, the first semiconductor region including a first source, a first drain, and a first channel provided between the first source and the first drain and extending in a first direction from the first source to the first drain, the first channel having a first width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the second semiconductor region including a second source, a second drain, and a second channel provided between the second source and the second drain and extending in a third direction from the second source to the second drain, the second channel having a second width in a fourth direction perpendicular to the third direction that is wider than the first width of the first channel. | 05-22-2014 |
20140339616 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY, WRITING METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND READING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A non-volatile memory of an embodiment includes a plurality of memory cells, each of the memory cells including a plurality of transistors including a first to fourth transistors, a first non-volatile element, a second non-volatile element, a first node, and a second node, the first and second transistors being connected in series with the first non-volatile element, the third and fourth transistors being connected in series with the second non-volatile element, the first node being disposed between the first and second transistors, the second node being disposed between the third and fourth transistors, gates of the first and third transistors being connected to one of first wiring lines, a gate of the second transistor being connected to the second node, a gate of the fourth transistor being connected to the first node, the first transistor being connected between one of second wiring lines and the first node. | 11-20-2014 |
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20110038641 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER WITH GRADUAL STOP OR START FUNCTION - The present invention provides an optical transmitter applicable to the WDM communication system. The optical transmitter includes a light-emitting device, an APC circuit and a processing unit. The processing unit, responding to a command TX_DISABL, which is sent from the control unit that communicates with the host controller, stops the optical output power of the transmitter by decreasing the reference to a preset value in step wise. Moreover, the processing unit, responding to a command ENABLE that is also sent from the control unit, starts the optical output by increasing the reference to another preset value in step wise. | 02-17-2011 |
20120008962 | CONTROLLER FOR OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER AND A METHOD TO CONTROL THE SAME - A method is disclosed, where the access time to the extended memory space may be shortened in an optical transceiver coupled with a host device through I | 01-12-2012 |
20120207478 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER INSTALLING CPU AND INTERFACE COMMUNICATING WITH UPPER DEVICE BY MDIO PROTOCOL - An optical transceiver able to communicate with an upper device is disclosed. The optical transceiver distinguishes the peripheral interface from the CPU. The CPU monitors includes MDIO register that stores inner conditions of the optical transceiver. The peripheral interface is coupled with the upper device with the MDIO bus, and the CPU with the parallel bus. The upper device acquires one of the conditions by defining the address of the MDIO register and receiving data through the peripheral interface. | 08-16-2012 |
20130132632 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER HAVING RESET SEQUENCE - An electronic apparatus is disclosed where the apparatus provides the I2C bus and enables to resume the I2C bus even after the apparatus receives external RESET independent of the status of the I2C communication. A circuit unit communicating with the controller by the I2C bus, which is necessary to be reset, is further coupled with the controller by an internal RESET. The controller, receiving the external RESET, first completes the communication on the I2C bus, then sends the internal RESET to the circuit unit, finally resets itself. | 05-23-2013 |
20130339559 | METHOD TO CONTROL OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER IMPLEMENTED WITH A PLURALITY OF INNER SERIAL BUSES - An optical transceiver implemented with a plurality of inner serial busses is disclosed. One of inner serial busses is the mother serial bus drawn out from the controller to the bus selector, while, the rest are daughter serial busses connecting the bus selector to respective circuit units. When some circuit units causes failures to hang the daughter serial bus connected thereto, the controller makes this daughter serial bus inactive by controlling the bus selector, and collects information and sets parameters to rest circuit units as activating other daughter serial busses. | 12-19-2013 |
20140205277 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER - Disclosed is an optical transceiver | 07-24-2014 |
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20110128630 | LENS SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - A lens system comprising, in order from an object side: a first lens group G | 06-02-2011 |
20110170195 | IMAGING LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING IMAGING LENS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGING LENS - An optical system includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group G | 07-14-2011 |
20110176215 | IMAGING LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS EQUIPPED THEREWITH, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens SL comprising, in order from an object side: a first group G | 07-21-2011 |
20110273776 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - Including, in order from an object side: a first lens group G | 11-10-2011 |
20110317278 | ZOOM LENS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens including, from an object: a front group having negative power; and a rear group having positive power, the rear group including, from the object, a positive lens, a negative lens having a concave surface facing the object, a cemented positive lens constructed by a negative lens and a positive lens, and a cemented lens constructed by a positive lens and a negative lens, the rear group further including a focusing group disposed to the object side of the positive lens La for focusing from infinity to a close object by moving from the object side to an image side, a distance between the front group and the rear group being varied thereby zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, and given condition being satisfied, thereby providing a downsized zoom lens having wide angle of view and excellent optical performance with fewer lenses. | 12-29-2011 |
20120026590 | IMAGING LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING IMAGING LENS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGING LENS - An optical system includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group G | 02-02-2012 |
20120069440 | OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS EQUIPPED THEREWITH, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system SL installed in a single-lens reflex camera includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group G | 03-22-2012 |
20120069441 | IMAGING LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS EQUIPPED THEREWITH AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens, an optical apparatus equipped therewith, and a method for manufacturing the imaging lens are provided. The imaging lens includes a front lens group having negative refractive power disposed to the most object side and a rear lens group having negative refractive power, disposed to an image side of the front lens group and moving at least a portion thereof in a direction including a component substantially perpendicular to an optical axis. The rear lens group includes G | 03-22-2012 |
20120081791 | WIDE-ANGLE LENS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIDE-ANGLE LENS - Including: a front group Gf disposed to an object side of an aperture; and a rear group Gr disposed to an image side of the aperture; the front group including a sub group Ga having negative power, the sub group including, from the object side, at least three negative lenses, at least one of the three negative lens being an aspherical negative meniscus lens having a shape that negative power is getting smaller from the center to the periphery, a cemented lens constructed by a positive lens, a negative lens and a positive lens disposed to the image side of the sub group, an antireflection coating being applied on at least one surface of the front group, the antireflection coating including at least one layer formed by a wet process, and given conditions being satisfied, thereby providing a wide-angle lens having high optical performance with a large angle of view. | 04-05-2012 |
20120105966 | ZOOM LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side along an optical axis, a first lens group G | 05-03-2012 |
20120127594 | OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND OPTICAL SYSTEM MANUFACTURING METHOD - An optical system WL has, in order from an object, a first lens group G | 05-24-2012 |
20120188647 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - With including, in order from an object side along an optical axis: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having negative refractive power; and a fifth lens group having positive refractive power, upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, the first lens group being moved with respect to an image plane, a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group increasing, a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group decreasing, a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group varying, and a distance between the fourth lens group and the fifth lens group varying, and a given conditional expression being satisfied, thereby providing a zoom lens system having sufficiently high optical performance. | 07-26-2012 |
20120206719 | METHOD FOR MEASURING WAVEFRONT ABERRATION AND WAVEFRONT ABERRATION MEASURING APPARATUS - Providing a method for measuring wavefront aberration measured by detecting light that is emanated from a light source, incident on a test lens, and transmitted through the test lens, the method comprising steps of: measuring wavefront aberration in a state where an aperture stop of the test lens is fully opened; measuring a position of the center of a pupil of the test lens in a state where the aperture stop is stopped down; and expanding wavefront aberration by polynomials with making the position of the center of the pupil to be an origin, and a wavefront aberration measuring apparatus. | 08-16-2012 |
20130250424 | ZOOM LENS, IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM LENS - The present invention has, in order from an object: a first lens group (G | 09-26-2013 |
20140307326 | EYEPIECE LENS, VIEWFINDER OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING EYEPIECE LENS - An eyepiece lens (EL) used for a viewfinder optical system (VF) for viewing, using the eyepiece lens (EL), an image formed by an objective lens (OL), an image displayed by a display member, or an object, wherein an antireflection coating ( | 10-16-2014 |
20140334013 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - In a zoom lens system, an optical apparatus, and a manufacturing method, there are provided, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive power, a second lens group having negative power, a third lens group having positive power, a fourth lens group having negative power, a fifth group having positive power, and an aperture stop disposed to an image side of the second lens group. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the first lens and second lens groups increases, a distance between the second and third lens groups decreases, a distance between the third and fourth lens groups varies, and a distance between the fourth and fifth lens groups varies. With given conditions being satisfied, high optical performance with suppressing variation in aberrations are achieved. | 11-13-2014 |
20150153550 | VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM - Comprising, in order from an object side: a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power; a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power; a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group G4 having positive refractive power; upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, the first lens group G1 being fixed in the position in the direction of the optical axis, at least the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 being moved in the direction of the optical axis such that a distance between the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2 is increased and a distance between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 is decreased; and a predetermined conditional expression being satisfied, thereby providing a variable magnification optical system which can suppress variations in aberrations upon zooming and having excellent optical performance from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state, an optical apparatus, and a method for manufacturing a variable magnification optical system. | 06-04-2015 |
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20120157100 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, SUBSCRIBER MANAGEMENT SERVER DEVICE, AND MOBILE SWITCHING CENTER - A mobile communication method according to the present invention comprising the subscriber management server device HSS determines either the radio access network of the WCDMA scheme or the radio access network of the LTE scheme as the standby radio access network of the mobile station UE based on the CSFB capability presence/absence information included in the received “Update GPRS Location/Update Location Request” of received the mobile station UE, and a step in which the mobile station UE performs the standby operation in the standby radio access network of the mobile station UE determined by the subscriber management server device HSS. | 06-21-2012 |
20120244853 | MOBILE STATION - To conceal AC of a mobile station UE from an MMTEL/IMS layer function, and at the same time, perform SSAC barring in the MMTEL/IMS layer function. In the mobile station UE according to the present invention, an AS layer function | 09-27-2012 |
20120250626 | MOBILE STATION - Even when it is not possible for a radio base station eNB to transmit SSAC barring information in an LTE Rel. 9 scheme, access barring control is performed for “MMTEL mobile originating call”. In a mobile station UE according to the present invention, an AS layer function | 10-04-2012 |
20130231103 | CORE NETWORK AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A core network connected to a mobile communication network and a network and establishing voice communication between communication apparatuses receives a termination notification response indicating at least one codec that can be used by a terminating mobile communication apparatus from the mobile communication apparatus. The core network specifies either a common codec that belongs to the intersection of the at least one codec that can be used by the terminating mobile communication apparatus, indicated in the termination notification response, and an originating codec, or a codec that can be used by the terminating mobile communication apparatus and the core network and that has a transmission rate closest to the transmission rate of the originating codec, as a codec that should be used by the terminating mobile communication apparatus. | 09-05-2013 |
20130246052 | CORE NETWORK AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A core network connected to a mobile communication network and establishing voice communication between communication apparatuses receives a connection request that includes an identifier identifying a terminating communication apparatus, from the mobile communication network, to which an originating mobile communication apparatus is connected, and temporarily signals a first codec candidate that should be used by the originating mobile communication apparatus to the originating mobile communication apparatus. Then, the core network determines at least one codec that can be used in the terminating communication apparatus. When the codec that can be used in the terminating network is different from the codec to be used, which is temporarily selected to be actually used in the originating mobile communication apparatus, the core network specifies a second codec candidate that should be used in the originating mobile communication apparatus according to the codec that can be used in the terminating communication apparatus and signals the second codec candidate to the originating mobile communication apparatus. | 09-19-2013 |
20130259004 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT NODE - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: transmitting, by a UE, “Attach Request” for E-UTRAN; transmitting, by an MME, “Attach Reject” in which “#15” is set as “Cause value” to the UE when the MME determines that the UE cannot be connected to a desired external network and determines that the UE can utilize CS communications, upon receipt of the “Attach Request;” and transmitting, by the UE, “Attach Request” for UTRAN/GERAN when the UE receives the “Attach Reject” in which “#15” is set as “Cause value.” | 10-03-2013 |
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20080220358 | COLORING COMPOUND AND YELLOW TONER CONTAINING THE COLORING COMPOUND - Provided are a coloring compound for color toner which satisfies all of solubility in an organic solvent, a color tone, and lightfastness, and does not inhibit the polymerization of a polymerizable monomer when used in a polymerized toner, and a yellow toner using the coloring compound and achieving compatibility between a good color tone and excellent lightfastness, in which, the coloring compound has a structure represented by the following formula (1). | 09-11-2008 |
20100035171 | YELLOW TONER - Provided is a yellow toner having toner particles each containing at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a polar resin, the yellow toner being characterized in that: the colorant is a coloring compound having a specific structure; in a microscopic compression test at a measurement temperature of 25° C., the toner has a recovery ratio Z(25) of 40 to 80%; and the toner has a glass transition temperature (TgA) measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) of 40° C. to 60° C. and a temperature (P1) of the highest endothermic peak measured with the DSC of 70° C. to 90° C., and the temperature (P1) of the highest endothermic peak and the glass transition temperature (TgA) satisfy the relationship of 15° C.≦P1−TgA≦50° C. | 02-11-2010 |
20100089284 | COLORANT COMPOUND AND INK INCLUDING THE COLORANT COMPOUND - The invention provides a colorant compound represented by the following general formula (1): | 04-15-2010 |
20100273101 | YELLOW TONER - To provide a yellow toner satisfying good toner particles and a superior coloring power, the toner has toner base particles having at least a binder resin, a colorant and a wax component, and contains as the colorant at least a coloring matter compound represented by the following general formula (1) and a pigment represented by the following formula (2). | 10-28-2010 |
20120094226 | AZO COMPOUND, AND PIGMENT DISPERSANT, PIGMENT COMPOSITION, PIGMENT DISPERSION AND TONER INCLUDING THE AZO COMPOUND - There is provided a colorant compound improved in the dispersibility of an azo pigment into a water-insoluble solvent. The colorant compound is represented by the following general formula (1). R | 04-19-2012 |
20120231388 | AZO COMPOUND, AND PIGMENT DISPERSANT, PIGMENT COMPOSITION, PIGMENT DISPERSION AND TONER INCLUDING THE AZO COMPOUND - There is provided an azo compound for improvement in the dispersibility of an azo pigment into a water-insoluble solvent. The azo compound is represented by the following general formula (1): | 09-13-2012 |
20130095421 | TONER INCLUDING COMPOUND HAVING BISAZO SKELETON - An object of the present invention is to provide a toner having high dispersibility of an azo pigment in a binder resin and a good color tone, having suppressed image fogging and high transfer efficiency, and providing a stable image for a long time. The toner including toner base particles, each of which includes: at least a binder resin, a compound in which a specific bisazo skeleton unit bonds to a specific polymer resin unit, and an azo pigment as a colorant. | 04-18-2013 |
20130122413 | AZO COMPOUND, PIGMENT DISPERSANT CONTAINING THE AZO COMPOUND, PIGMENT COMPOSITION, PIGMENT DISPERSION, AND TONER - A novel compound that can improve the dispersibility of an azo pigment in a non-water-soluble solvent is provided, which is represented by the following formula (1): | 05-16-2013 |
20130130164 | POLYESTER, PIGMENT COMPOSITION, AND TONER - Provided is a pigment dispersant for improving the dispersibility of an azo pigment for a water-insoluble solvent. More specifically, provided is a polyester, including at least one unit represented by one of the following formula (1) and the following formula (2): | 05-23-2013 |
20130224644 | BLACK TONER CONTAINING COMPOUND HAVING AZO SKELETON - A toner comprising toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin, a compound in which a polymer portion is bound to an azo skeleton structure are linked, and carbon black. | 08-29-2013 |
20140235775 | COMPOUND HAVING BISAZO SKELETON, PIGMENT DISPERSANT CONTAINING THE COMPOUND, PIGMENT COMPOSITION, PIGMENT DISPERSION, INK AND RESIST COMPOSITION FOR COLOR FILTER - An object of the present invention is to provide a pigment dispersant in which dispersibility of an azo pigment in a water-insoluble solvent is improved, and to provide an azo pigment composition in which the azo pigment has high dispersibility in a water-insoluble solvent. The present invention provides a compound used as a pigment dispersant and having a structure in which a specific bisazo skeleton unit bonds to a specific polymer resin unit. | 08-21-2014 |
20140302437 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER PARTICLES - A method for producing toner particles that contain a binder resin having a styrene-acrylic resin as a main component, a colorant, and a block polymer that has polyester segments and vinyl polymer segments, has a step of producing resin particles in accordance with a suspension polymerization method or a dissolution suspension method, and thereafter, holding the temperature of the aqueous medium in which the resin particles are dispersed, for 60 minutes or more, between a glass transition point TgA (° C.) of the resin particles and an onset temperature TmA (° C.) of an endothermic peak derived from the block polymer in the resin particles, in such a manner that a temperature fluctuation rate not greater than 0.35° C./minute, and a temperature fluctuation range is not greater than 20° C. | 10-09-2014 |
20140308610 | TONER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TONER PARTICLES - The present invention provides a toner that contains an azo pigment well-dispersed in a binder resin and has a satisfactory color tone. | 10-16-2014 |
20140326931 | NOVEL COMPOUND HAVING BISAZO DYE SKELETON, PIGMENT COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME, PIGMENT DISPERSION, INK, AND COLOR FILTER RESIST COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a pigment dispersant that can improve the dispersion of an azo pigment in a water-insoluble solvent. | 11-06-2014 |
20140356779 | BLACK TONER CONTAINING COMPOUND HAVING AZO SKELETON - Provided is a black toner which has improved dispersibility of carbon black in a binding resin and has a high coloring power. Also provided is a black toner which suppresses fogging and has high transfer efficiency. The toner includes a toner particle containing a binding resin, a compound in which a polymer moiety is bound to an azo skeleton, and carbon black as a coloring agent. | 12-04-2014 |
20150064618 | BLACK TONER CONTAINING COMPOUND HAVING AZO SKELETON - A toner comprising toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin, a compound in which a polymer portion is bound to an azo skeleton structure are linked, and carbon black. | 03-05-2015 |
20150153666 | TONER - The present invention relates to a toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin containing a styrene acrylic resin and a block polymer, wherein the block polymer has a polyester segment and a vinyl polymer segment and has a melting point of 55° C. to 90° C., the polyester segment has a specific structure and a solubility parameter (SP) value of 9.40 to 9.85, and the vinyl polymer segment has a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 4000 to 15000. | 06-04-2015 |
20150153667 | TONER - The present invention relates to a toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin, wherein the binder resin contains a block polymer and a styrene-acrylic resin, the block polymer has a vinyl polymer segment and a polyester segment, the polyester segment has a branch structure and the block polymer has a melting point of 50° C. to 95° C. | 06-04-2015 |
20150153668 | TONER - A toner that comprises a toner particle that contains a binder resin that contains a styrene-acrylic resin and a block polymer, wherein the block polymer has a polyester segment and a vinyl polymer segment; the polyester segment is obtained by condensation polymerization of: a monomer (a) selected from a group consisting of a prescribed monomer group A; and a monomer (b) selected from a group consisting of a prescribed monomer group B, and the content in the polyester segment of the substructure originating with the monomer (b) as calculated from the following formula is from at least 1.0 mol % to not more than 30.0 mol %: {monomer (b) [mol]/(monomer (a) [mol]+monomer (b) [mol])}×100. | 06-04-2015 |
20150153669 | TONER - The present invention provides a toner that exhibits an excellent colorant dispersibility and hence maintains the formation of a high-quality image, that is capable of low-temperature fixing, and that has a satisfactory heat-resistant storability and a satisfactory durability, in which the toner comprising a toner particle that contains a colorant and a binder resin containing a styrene-acrylic resin and a crystalline resin, wherein a compatibility parameter (V) between the styrene-acrylic resin and the crystalline resin satisfies 0.40≦V≦1.10. | 06-04-2015 |
20150153670 | TONER - A toner containing a toner particle containing a binder resin, wherein the binder resin contains a styrene-acrylic resin and a crystalline resin, and the crystalline resin is a block polymer or a graft polymer in which the mass ratio between the crystalline segment and an amorphous segment is 30:70 to 90:10, and wherein, in the total heat flow measured for the binder resin by a temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimeter, the peak temperature of an endothermic peak is from 55.0° C. to 90.0° C., and the percentage of the endothermic quantity of the endothermic peak in the reversing heat flow with respect to the endothermic quantity of the endothermic peak in the total heat flow is from 0.0% to 35.0%. | 06-04-2015 |
20150261110 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A TONER PARTICLE - A toner particle production method has an annealing step that is performed after the preparation of a resin solution by the dissolution or dispersion, in an organic solvent, of a binder resin having a polyester resin as its major component and a block polymer having a polyester segment and a vinyl polymer segment, and the preparation of a resin particle dispersion in which resin particles are dispersed by a dissolution suspension method, wherein, in this annealing step, the temperature of the obtained resin particle dispersion is held for at least 60 minutes in the temperature range from TgA-15 (° C.) to TmA (° C.), and under the conditions of a temperature variation range of not more than 20° C. and a temperature variation rate of not more than 0.35° C./minute. | 09-17-2015 |
20150370189 | TONER - Provided is a toner for which the heat-resistant storability and the low-temperature fixability are able to co-exist at higher levels and for which the temporal stability of the low-temperature fixability is also excellent. The toner has a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a pigment, and this binder resin contains a polyester resin that has a specific structure and specific properties. | 12-24-2015 |
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20110198312 | AIR CURRENT GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - In one embodiment, an air current generating apparatus includes: a dielectric substrate exposed to gas: a first electrode disposed inside the dielectric substrate; a second electrode disposed near a surface of the dielectric so as to correspond the first electrode and having a sharp shape; and a power source applying a voltage between the first and second electrodes and plasmatizing part of the gas to generate an air current. | 08-18-2011 |
20120267892 | WIND POWER GENERATING SYSTEM - According to the present invention, there is provided a wind power generating system, having a plurality of plasma airflow generating units, each including a first electrode and a second electrode arranged being separated from the first electrode with a dielectric film and generating plasma airflow owing to dielectric barrier discharge when voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode; and at least one plasma power source which supplies voltage to the plasma airflow generating units, wherein the plasma airflow generating units are arranged at a blade of the wind power generating system and are supplied with voltage as being separated into a plurality of lines separately for each of the lines. | 10-25-2012 |
20120280501 | WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A wind power generation system | 11-08-2012 |
20120287549 | WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a wind-power generating system | 11-15-2012 |
20120287550 | VOLTAGE APPLICATION DEVICE, ROTATION APPARATUS AND VOLTAGE APPLICATION METHOD - A voltage application device of an embodiment applies a voltage between a first and second electrode disposed separately from each other in an airflow generation device, which is disposed on a rotation blade of a rotation apparatus, in which a rotation shaft of the rotation blade is held rotatably by a holding part. In the voltage application device of the embodiment, a voltage output unit outputs a voltage. Then, a sliding type transmission unit having electrodes disposed respectively on the rotation blade side and the holding part side of the rotation shaft transmits a voltage outputted from the voltage output unit from the holding part side to the rotation blade side. Then, a transformation unit disposed on the rotation blade side increases the voltage transmitted by the sliding type transmission unit and outputs the voltage to the airflow generation device. | 11-15-2012 |
20120291874 | AIRFLOW CONTROL DEVICE AND AIRFLOW CONTROL METHOD - An airflow control device | 11-22-2012 |
20130145618 | AIR CURRENT GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - In one embodiment, an air current generating apparatus includes: a dielectric substrate exposed to gas: a first electrode disposed inside the dielectric substrate; a second electrode disposed near a surface of the dielectric so as to correspond the first electrode and having a sharp shape; and a power source applying a voltage between the first and second electrodes and plasmatizing part of the gas to generate an air current. | 06-13-2013 |
20140193256 | WIND POWER GENERATION APPARATUS - There is provided a wind power generation apparatus capable of suppressing power consumption in an airflow generation device, and securely suppressing flow separation on a blade surface, thereby improving efficiency. A wind power generation apparatus | 07-10-2014 |
20140217240 | VORTEX GENERATING APPARATUS AND VORTEX GENERATING METHOD - A vortex generating apparatus includes: a member to contact with a flow of a fluid to form a stagnation point and a first and a second separation points on a periphery of a cross section of the member parallel to the flow; a disturbance applying unit to apply a disturbance to an upstream side of the first separation point to cause part of a boundary layer of the flow to adhere; and a controller to temporally control the application of the disturbance to change an adhesion distance from the stagnation point to the first separation point so as to generate a dynamic stall vortex. | 08-07-2014 |
20140286789 | AIRFLOW GENERATION DEVICE AND WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - An airflow generation device of an embodiment has a main body and a voltage application unit. The main body has a base formed of an insulating material and provided with a first electrode and a second electrode. The voltage application unit generates an airflow by applying voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. Here, the main body is formed to include a portion which gradually decreases in thickness from a center portion to an end portion. | 09-25-2014 |
20150110651 | VOLTAGE APPLICATION DEVICE, ROTATION APPARATUS AND VOLTAGE APPLICATION METHOD - A voltage application device of an embodiment applies a voltage between a first and second electrode disposed separately from each other in an airflow generation device, which is disposed on a rotation blade of a rotation apparatus, in which a rotation shaft of the rotation blade is held rotatably by a holding part. In the voltage application device of the embodiment, a voltage output unit outputs a voltage. Then, a sliding type transmission unit having electrodes disposed respectively on the, rotation blade side and the holding part side of the rotation shaft transmits a voltage outputted from the voltage output unit from the holding part side to the rotation blade side. Then, a transformation unit disposed on the rotation blade side increases the voltage transmitted by the sliding type transmission unit and outputs the voltage to the airflow generation device. | 04-23-2015 |
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20100059844 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE DESIGNING METHOD - A solid-state imaging device includes light receiving sections which are arranged in an image area on a semiconductor substrate at the same pitch and which light exiting from an imaging optical system enters, condensing lenses respectively arranged above the light receiving sections, and light shielding sections each of which is provided at one end of each of the light receiving sections. The condensing lenses are arranged in a peripheral portion in a first direction in the image area at a first pitch, and arranged in a peripheral portion in a second direction opposite the first direction at a second pitch which is smaller than the first pitch. | 03-11-2010 |
20100128156 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of unit pixels. Each unit pixel has a photodiode, a reading transistor, a floating diffusion, a capacitance adding transistor, and a reset transistor. The reading transistor reads signal electric charges from the photodiode. The floating diffusion accumulates the signal electric charges read from the reading transistor. The capacitance adding transistor selectively adds capacitance to the floating diffusion. The reset transistor resets an electric potential of the floating diffusion. | 05-27-2010 |
20110001860 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array, load transistor, first switch transistor, and second switch transistor. The pixel array includes a plurality of unit pixels arranged in a matrix. Each unit pixel includes a photodiode, a read transistor, a reset transistor to which one of a first voltage and a second voltage, and an amplification transistor. The second switch transistor outputs a bias voltage to the vertical signal line. | 01-06-2011 |
20110001861 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes an imaging region, and a control circuit. In a first operation mode, the control circuit performs control in which signal charges of first and second photodiodes are transmitted to a floating diffusion. In a second operation mode, the control circuit performs control in which a signal charge of the second photodiode is transmitted to the floating diffusion. | 01-06-2011 |
20110140182 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE WHICH CAN EXPAND DYNAMIC RANGE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes an area and color filters. The area includes pixels. Each of the pixels includes a first photodiode, a first read transistor, a second photodiode, a second read transistor, a floating diffusion, a reset transistor, and an amplifying transistor. The first photodiode performs photoelectric conversion. The first read transistor reads a signal charge. The second photodiode has a photosensitivity lower than the first photodiode. The second read transistor reads a signal charge. The floating diffusion stores the signal charges. The reset transistor resets a potential of the floating diffusion. The amplifying transistor amplifies the potential of the floating diffusion. The color filters include a first and a second filters. The relationship QSAT | 06-16-2011 |
20110141333 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a back side illumination type solid-state imaging device includes an imaging area in which a plurality of unit pixels each including a photoelectric conversion section and a signal scan circuit section are arranged on a semiconductor substrate, and a light illumination surface formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate located opposite a surface of the semiconductor substrate on which the signal scan circuit section is formed, wherein the unit pixel comprises a high-sensitivity pixel and a low-sensitivity pixel with a lower sensitivity than the high-sensitivity pixel. And each of the high-sensitivity pixel and the low-sensitivity element comprises a first pixel separation layer located on the light illumination surface side in the semiconductor substrate to separate the pixels from each other. | 06-16-2011 |
20110215223 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device including a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged at a preset pitch in a semiconductor substrate is provided. Each of the pixels is configured to include first and second photodiodes that photoelectrically convert incident light and store signal charges obtained by conversion, a first micro-lens that focuses light on the first photodiode, and a second micro-lens that focuses light on the second photodiode. The saturation charge amount of the second photodiode is larger than that of the first photodiode. Further, the aperture of the second micro-lens is smaller than that of the first micro-lens. | 09-08-2011 |
20110228149 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a photodiode module in which first photodiodes corresponding to high-sensitivity pixels and second photodiodes corresponding to low-sensitivity pixels are alternately arranged at preset pitch P in a semiconductor substrate, high-sensitivity pixel interconnection lines formed at preset pitch C on the substrate, low-sensitivity pixel interconnection lines that are formed at preset pitch D on the substrate, high-sensitivity pixel color filters formed at preset pitch A on the opposite side of the respective interconnection lines with respect to the substrate, and low-sensitivity pixel interconnection lines that are formed at preset pitch B on the other side of the interconnection lines with respect to the substrate. The relationship between the above pitches is set to D=B | 09-22-2011 |
20110234875 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes first and second pixel portions, first and second transfer transistors, first and second accumulation portions, an element isolation region, first and second amplifier transistors, and a first and second signal lines. The first and second pixel portions include photoelectric conversion elements, respectively. The first and second transfer transistors transfer first and second charges photoelectrically converted by the first and second pixel portions, respectively. The first and second accumulation portions are interposed between the first and second pixel portions, and accumulate the first and second charges, respectively. The element isolation region is interposed between the first and second accumulation portions. The first and second amplifier transistors amplify voltages generated in accordance with the first and second charges accumulated in the first and second accumulation portions, respectively. The first and second signal lines output signal voltages amplify by the amplifier transistors, respectively. | 09-29-2011 |
20120286386 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE DESIGNING METHOD - A solid-state imaging device includes light receiving sections which are arranged in an image area on a semiconductor substrate at the same pitch and which light exiting from an imaging optical system enters, condensing lenses respectively arranged above the light receiving sections, and light shielding sections each of which is provided at one end of each of the light receiving sections. The condensing lenses are arranged in a peripheral portion in a first direction in the image area at a first pitch, and arranged in a peripheral portion in a second direction opposite the first direction at a second pitch which is smaller than the first pitch. | 11-15-2012 |
20140077069 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE WHICH CAN EXPAND DYNAMIC RANGE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes an area and color filters. The area includes pixels. Each of the pixels includes a first photodiode, a first read transistor, a second photodiode, a second read transistor, a floating diffusion, a reset transistor, and an amplifying transistor. The first photodiode performs photoelectric conversion. The first read transistor reads a signal charge. The second photodiode has a photosensitivity lower than the first photodiode. The second read transistor reads a signal charge. The floating diffusion stores the signal charges. The reset transistor resets a potential of the floating diffusion. The amplifying transistor amplifies the potential of the floating diffusion. The color filters include a first and a second filters. The relationship QSAT1>QSAT2 is satisfied. When a saturation level of the first filter is denoted by QSAT1 and a saturation level of the second filter is denoted by QSAT2. | 03-20-2014 |
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20090323426 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes a sense amplifier which senses identical multilevel data, which is stored in a memory cell, a plurality of number of times at a time of read, and a n-channel MOS transistor which has a current path one end of which is connected to the sense amplifier and the other end of which is connected to a bit line. The device further include a control unit which applies a first voltage to a gate electrode of the n-channel MOS transistor, thereby setting the n-channel MOS transistor in an ON state, and applies a second voltage which is higher than the first voltage, to the gate electrode during a period after first sense and before second sense. | 12-31-2009 |
20100034020 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING CHARGE STORAGE LAYER AND CONTROL GATE - A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cells, signal lines, and a control unit. Each of the plurality of memory cells includes a charge storage layer. Each of the plurality of memory cells includes a control gate and is configured to hold two-or-higher-level data. Each of signal lines is electrically connected with a gate or one end of a current path of each of the memory cells. Each of signal lines has a line width which differs depending on each interval between the memory cells adjacent to each other. The control unit controls a voltage applied to each of the signal lines in accordance with the line width of each of the signal lines. | 02-11-2010 |
20100084702 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises a memory cell configured to store data and a resistor element provided around the memory cell. The memory cell includes a charge storage layer provided above a substrate, a first semiconductor layer formed on a top surface of the charge storage layer via an insulating layer, and a first low resistive layer formed on a top surface of the first semiconductor layer and having resistance lower than that of the first semiconductor layer. The resistor element includes a second semiconductor layer formed on the same layer as the first semiconductor layer, and a second low resistive layer formed on the same layer as the first low resistive layer and on a top surface of the second semiconductor layer, having resistance lower than that of the second semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer is formed to extend in a first direction parallel to the substrate. The second low resistive layer is formed at both ends of the second semiconductor layer in the first direction. | 04-08-2010 |
20100322012 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND WRITE METHOD FOR THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes memory cells, bit lines, a write circuit, and sense amplifiers. The bit lines are connected to the memory cells. The sense amplifiers are configured to bias the bit line to which the selected memory cell is connected, to a first voltage until the threshold of the selected memory cell reaches the value of a first write state. Then, when the threshold of the selected memory cell reaches the value of the first write state, the bit line is biased to a second voltage higher than the first voltage. When the threshold of the selected memory cell reaches the value of a second write state, the bit line is continuously biased to a third voltage higher than the second voltage. Bit lines connected to unselected memory cells corresponding to the memory cells other than the selected one are biased to the third voltage. | 12-23-2010 |
20110063922 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device according to one embodiment includes: a plurality of planes; a memory cell array provided in the plurality of planes respectively; bit lines; and a control circuit. Each memory cell array is configured as an array of NAND cell units each including a memory string. The memory string includes a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells connected in series. The bit lines are connected to a first end of the NAND cell units, respectively. The control circuit controls a write operation of charging the bit lines up to a certain voltage value, and then setting data in the nonvolatile memory cells to a certain threshold voltage distribution state. The control circuit is configured to be capable of executing an operation of charging the bit lines in a write operation by varying timings of starting charging the bit lines among the plurality of planes. | 03-17-2011 |
20110090736 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes a sense amplifier which senses identical multilevel data, which is stored in a memory cell, a plurality of number of times at a time of read, and a n-channel MOS transistor which has a current path one end of which is connected to the sense amplifier and the other end of which is connected to a bit line. The device further include a control unit which applies a first voltage to a gate electrode of the n-channel MOS transistor, thereby setting the n-channel MOS transistor in an ON state, and applies a second voltage which is higher than the first voltage, to the gate electrode during a period after first sense and before second sense. | 04-21-2011 |
20110176366 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND READING METHOD THEREOF - An embodiment of the invention provides a semiconductor storage device including a NAND string, a SEN node, and a capacitor. The NAND string includes plural series-connected memory cells, and one end of the NAND string is connected to a bit line while the other end is connected to a common source line. The SEN node is configured to be able to be electrically connected to a voltage source and the bit line. In the capacitor, one end is connected to the SEN node while the other end is connected to a CLK node to which a voltage within a predetermined range is applied. A discharge rate of the SEN node is enhanced by decreasing a capacitance during discharge of the SEN node only when a selected memory cell selected from the plural memory cells is an on-cell. | 07-21-2011 |
20120168851 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device including a memory cell configured to store data and a resistor element provided around the memory cell. The memory cell includes a charge storage layer provided above a substrate, a first semiconductor layer formed on a top surface of the charge storage layer via an insulating layer, and a first low resistive layer formed on a top surface of the first semiconductor layer and having resistance lower than that of the first semiconductor layer. The resistor element includes a second semiconductor layer formed on the same layer as the first semiconductor layer, and a second low resistive layer formed on the same layer as the first low resistive layer and on a top surface of the second semiconductor layer, having resistance lower than that of the second semiconductor layer. | 07-05-2012 |
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20130242040 | IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system includes an imaging body having an optical system and an imaging element, a power supplier configured to supply power to the imaging element, and a housing configured to hold the imaging body and the power supplier, wherein the optical system includes at least one optical element projecting from the housing, and a distance AP between a gravity center A of a portion including the optical system and a gravity center P of the entire imaging system and a distance BP between a gravity center B of the power supplier and the gravity center P of the entire imaging system satisfy the following condition. | 09-19-2013 |
20140071226 | IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM AND IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM - An image capture system including two imaging systems of the same structure each having a wide-angle lens, which includes a front group, a reflection surface, and a rear group arranged in order from an object side, has a field angle larger than 180 degrees, and bends an optical axis of the front group toward the rear group by the reflection surface, and an imaging sensor, obtains an image in a solid angle of 4π radian by combining images imaged by the imaging systems. Each of the two wide-angle lenses includes the reflection surface between the front group and the rear group, the reflection surfaces are made to be common to the two imaging systems. This reduces an interval between lenses nearest to the object side in the front groups of the two wide-angle lenses, thereby reducing a distance between maximum field angles of the two wide-angle lenses. | 03-13-2014 |
20140071227 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An image processor includes a first converter to convert input images into images in a different coordinate system from that of the input images according to first conversion data based on a projection model, a position detector to detect a connecting position of the images converted by the converter, a corrector to correct the first conversion data on the basis of a result of the detection by the position detector, and a data generator to generate second conversion data for image synthesis from the conversion data corrected by the corrector on the basis of coordinate conversion, the second conversion data defining the conversion of the input images. | 03-13-2014 |
20140078247 | IMAGE ADJUSTER AND IMAGE ADJUSTING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image adjuster includes an area evaluator to calculate an area evaluation value for each color in each of divided areas of each of images captured by a plurality of imaging units, a brightness adjuster to calculate a brightness adjustment value for overlapping divided areas between photographic areas of the images on the basis of the area evaluation value for each color, and an adjustment value calculator to calculate a balance adjustment value for each of the overlapping divided areas from the area evaluation value for each color on the basis of the brightness adjustment value. | 03-20-2014 |
20140132709 | WIDE-ANGLE LENS AND IMAGING DEVICE - A wide-angle lens having a field angle larger than 180 degrees includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a front group, a reflection surface, and a back group, wherein the front group includes three lenses having a negative refractive power, the reflection surface is configured to curve an optical axis of the front group at 90 degrees toward the back group, the back group includes four lenses having a positive refractive power, a front principle point is set between a second lens and a third lens from the object side in the front group, and a focal length of an entire system f and a distance between an intersection of the reflection surface and the optical axis of the front group and the front principle point d satisfy the following condition (1) 7.005-15-2014 | |
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20150301316 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging device includes two imaging optical systems each of the imaging optical systems including a wide-angle lens having an angle of view wider than 180 degrees, and an imaging sensor configured to image an image by the wide-angle lens, so as to obtain an image in a solid angle of 4π radian by synthesizing the images by the respective imaging optical systems, wherein the wide-angle lens of each of the imaging optical systems includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a front group having a negative power, a reflection surface and a back group having a positive power, and is configured to bend an optical axis of the front group by the reflection surface at 90 degrees toward the back group. | 10-22-2015 |
20160006907 | IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system includes an imaging body having an optical system and an imaging element, a power supplier configured to supply power to the imaging element, and a housing configured to hold the imaging body and the power supplier, wherein the optical system includes at least one optical element projecting from the housing, and a distance AP between a gravity center A of a portion including the optical system and a gravity center P of the entire imaging system and a distance BP between a gravity center B of the power supplier and the gravity center P of the entire imaging system satisfy the following condition. | 01-07-2016 |
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20140049849 | LENS UNIT AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - Provided is a lens unit comprising an actuator that is self-supporting when at a stopped position. The lens unit comprises a holding frame that holds a lens; a movement actuator that moves the holding frame, which is connected to a moving member that moves linearly relative to a stator, when drive force is generated, and does not prevent the moving member from moving relative to the stator when the moving member is stopped; and a braking actuator that stops the moving member from moving relative to the stator, using frictional force, when the movement actuator is not generating the drive force, and decreases the frictional force when the movement actuator generates the drive force. | 02-20-2014 |
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